Clinical trial of gastroesophageal reflux disease with the disharmony between liver and stomach syndrome treated with acupuncture regulating qi based on the compatibility of the five meridians

• Published in: Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ Vol. 37; no. 12; p. 1255
• Main Authors: Pan, Shimin, Li, Jinxiang, Zhang, Xi, Li, Ying, Yan, Jie, Zhang, Wei, Hu, Sha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 12.12.2017
• Subjects: Acupuncture Points; Acupuncture Therapy; Gastroesophageal Reflux - therapy; Humans; Liver; Meridians; Qi; Stomach; Syndrome; Treatment Outcome; acupuncture; compatibility based on the five meridians; gastroesophageal reflux disease, disharmony between liver and stomach; regulating qi; randomized controlled trial (RCT)
• ISSN: 0255-2930
• DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.12.001

To observe the clinical effects of the acupuncture regulating based on the compatibility of the five meridians and common western medication for gastroesophageal reflux disease with the disharmony between liver and stomach. Sixty patients were divided into two groups according to non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) and reflux esophagitis (RE). Those in the two groups were randomly assigned into an observation group and a control group. There were 57 cases included (28 in the observation group with 2 dropping, 29 in the control group with 1 dropping). Based on the life care, patients in the observation group were treated with 30 min acupuncture regulating based on the compatibility of the five meridians at Zusanli (ST 36), Chongyang (ST 42), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xingjian (LR 2), Shaofu (HT 8), Dadun (LR 1), Taichong (LR 3), Ganshu (BL 18), Qimen (LR 14), Danzhong (CV 17), Zhongting (CV 16), three times a week. Patients in the control group were treated with rabeprazole orally. All the treatment was